my last dog to go to the bridge got Lymphoma and died of it. I reached to pet him one day, and found huge lumps under his chin...his lymph nodes were HUGE. It was just like they were fine one day, and huge the next. I had never noticed them before.

I don't know if you should be able to feel them...I just know that I never noticed them until they were enlarged.

But...just like us, there are many things that can enlarge them.

I also have a client with a dog with a ruptured salivary gland...he's got a big sack hanging under his chin and neck area...he's got surgery to fix it this spring. It looks odd, but doesn't bother him...he just can't wear a collar at all.

"I don't have any idea if my dogs respect me or not, but they're greedy and I have their stuff." -- Patty Ruzzo

"Dogs don't want to control people. They want to control their own lives." --John Bradshaw

Crap... I went to cuddle w/Mick this evening and he has two HUGE lumps along his jawline, close to his neck/throat... they are equal in size and location, and it scared me because I KNOW they weren't there yesterday. He's also been coughing on and off all day, but other than that - he's eating, no temperature, no vomiting, nothing.

Vet visit in the morning for sure... and, yeah, I read about Lymphoma on and off all night on the Internet...

On Tue, Jan 01 2008, 9:40 PM, amazincc wrote:Crap... I went to cuddle w/Mick this evening and he has two HUGE lumps along his jawline, close to his neck/throat... they are equal in size and location, and it scared me because I KNOW they weren't there yesterday. He's also been coughing on and off all day, but other than that - he's eating, no temperature, no vomiting, nothing.

Vet visit in the morning for sure... and, yeah, I read about Lymphoma on and off all night on the Internet...

One on either side of his jaw, towards the back of his jawbone under where his back molar teeth would be? If so, those are probably his salivary glands and can get REALLY big when they're infected or the dog doesn't feel well.

Never make someone a priority in your life when that someone treats you like an option.

On Tue, Jan 01 2008, 9:40 PM, amazincc wrote:Crap... I went to cuddle w/Mick this evening and he has two HUGE lumps along his jawline, close to his neck/throat... they are equal in size and location, and it scared me because I KNOW they weren't there yesterday. He's also been coughing on and off all day, but other than that - he's eating, no temperature, no vomiting, nothing.

Vet visit in the morning for sure... and, yeah, I read about Lymphoma on and off all night on the Internet...

One on either side of his jaw, towards the back of his jawbone under where his back molar teeth would be? If so, those are probably his salivary glands and can get REALLY big when they're infected or the dog doesn't feel well.

These pics aren't very good, but I don't think I'd actually be able to remove his collar right now... now it just feels like one huge lump all the way across.